Adaptations

Patrick Wilson says the ending of The Watchmen will remain the same.

Warner Brothers and Rawson Thurber are developing a fantasy movie based on Wendy and Richard Pini’s cult comic Elfquest. Thurber will write, direct, and produce, the format is as yet undetermined. It “follows a tribe of elves known as the Wolfriders in their attempts to survive and link with other dispersed elves on an Earth-like planet with two moons while on the lookout for tribes of humans and trolls, both of which act as allies and enemies.”

John Woo will direct action movie Caliber based off Radical Comics’ story that has King Arthur and his knights as gunslingers in the Pacific Northwest during the 1800’s.

Michael Rymer will direct the Witchblade movie.

Producer Bob Ducsay and Universal are developing a feature based on Terry Brooks’ fantasy novel Magic Kingdom for Sale. "Basically, it's about a man whose life has fallen apart because of the death of his wife who is met with an opportunity to buy what turns out to be a literal magic kingdom. And when he enters this magic kingdom with his family, he discovers that the magic kingdom was not what it was sold to be and in fact was in complete and total disarray. And over the course of the picture, he mends the magic kingdom and his family." Right now the biggest obstacle in getting it made is that it will be an expensive project. Stephen Sommers is attached to direct and co-produce.

Robert Downey Jr. is in final negotiations to play The Great Detective for Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes. This one will have Doyle’s character “more adventurous and less stuffy,” taking cues from Lionel Wigram’s upcoming comic.

Jeff Bridges, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Robert Duvall will star in CMT Films Crazy Heart. The Scott Cooper written and directed movie is based on Thomas Cobb’s novel about an alcoholic country music singer who gets back on track through his relationship with a reporter. T Bone Burnett will do the music and filming starts in August.

Luke Goss on the Tekken movie: “The same producers were very adamant to make sure that the characters that were in the game translated quite literally to the movie — visually and everything. Their fight styles were studied and the way they looked, the producers wanted people that looked similar to the actual characters in the game. They understood that genre fans and game fans would want that. I think they did a good job.”

David Hayter will be writing Warner Brothers and CapCom’s Lost Planet movie.